Two early threes and two late frees

12:57 AM,
Feb. 2, 2013

Loading Photo Galleries ...

Written by

Tom Whitus
| Special to The Courier-Journal

Josh Rogers started the game with two 3-pointers to stake New Albany to an early lead, but it was his two free throws with 9.9 seconds left that helped the host Bulldogs hold on for a 52-48 boys' basketball victory over Providence on Friday night.

"He played big the whole game," New Albany coach Jim Shannon said of the senior forward. "His competitive edge was the difference in the game."

Providence got a huge game from senior forward Dalton Duley, whose tip-in with 15 seconds left had cut the Bulldogs' lead to 50-48 as the Pioneers battled back from an 11-point deficit with just more than two ...